Kensington, a Philadelphia neighborhood in Pennsylvania, for decades has struggled with unemployment, crime and poverty. Its current trouble comes in the form of an influx of opioid abuse, those abusing them and the East Coast’s largest open air heroin market.
Photo gallery: Philadelphia's Wasteland
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After using heroin, a young couple struggles to make it down the street in the Kensington neighborhood.
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Young drug addicts struggle to hold themselves up as they stand on a sidewalk.
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Anthony, 28, is originally from South Philadelphia and has struggled with heroin addiction for the past 5 years, frequenting Kensington to fuel his addiction.
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Davey, 31, came from Arizona and now finds himself homeless, living on the streets of Kensington, and addicted to heroin.